ATP.

I'm still slacking, I know, I know.  My intentions were to make an all-inclusive BMT Bible on here, but BMT feels so far away, I hardly remember it - just sort of a stressful blur.  I went near Lackland the other day on my way to Brandon's families house for Thanksgiving, and I think I got a major case of PTSD.  I was looking behind all the giant planes as we were driving by for TSgt Anderson and Tsgt Berry to yell at me for being near a male.  I need to go there for Christmas shopping for souvenirs but I'm so freaking out I'd see one of them at the BX and I'd pass out from fear or something, hahah.

Alright, alright, BMT wasn't THAT bad.  I actually liked my instructors.  Just had a healthy amount of fear toward them (which they like to call respect in the mlitary).  I guess I just don't really know what people want to know about BMT!  I have a notebook that I used as a journal there but I doubt y'all wanna know what female I was fixin' to strangle on the daily or about the blisters on my feet.

But that's all I can think of to write.  Writers block, you know.  I have some lunch and some laundry calling my name.  Cya!

tech school.

Alright, so I'm here!  I'm at Ft. Sam Houston, and I LOVE it.  This place is gunna rock.  There is SO much to post about BMT, but I need to organize it first.  I took lots of notes and stuff while I was there to post some good stuff.  Other than that, I had "class" today, though we weren't supposed to, to get a head start.  I'm going to be Dental Lab, 4Y0X1, Medics HUA!  Seems super fun.  I found out my PCS (Duty Station) today, but I'm going to keep that semi-under wraps for a while until someone can guess it. (:  More later, it's the weekend, pizza/movie night in the NPO room!  Xo

airman smith.

Hello Blogger!  I am officially Airman Smith, coin and all.  I'm on Town Pass with a friend's family for the day, but I'll post more this week from tech school.  (:

t-minus TODAY!

I'm all processed, sworn in, and officially active duty. I'm at the airport right now with my fellow AF shippers, and I'm the head shipper responsible for the others. I have orders to fly to Detroit at 1746 and then to San Antonio at 1946, estimated arrival time at 22:15 tonight. I'll post more about shipping once I'm in tech school, but Lackland, here I come!

t-minus 4 days.

My little sisters, Josie and Sophie

    Wow, 4 days?!  This is crazy.  I still have a bunch of stuff to do.  My bag is packed, for the most part, but I'm sure I'll unpack and repack it like 9 times before I leave still.  I need to pack all my clothes I'm not bringing in totes and stuff, but I can't really do that until Sunday.  I've done nothing all day today, nothing at all.  Besides eat leftover turkey.  I might do a little organizing later tonight, but I feel too lazy right now.  I haven't even ran since Sunday.  I justify that by saying I don't want to get hurt before I leave, or burn myself out on running again.  I'm still occasionally doing sit ups and push ups, but I'm not worried about them.  I'm going into BMT with the attitude that there's no way that I can fail.  Not saying that I'm amazing at everything and won't get in trouble, but simply that failing just isn't an option.  Even if I can't do the run in 14:46 normally, I WILL run it in 14:00 on PT test day, simply because there is no other option.  I may rip every abdominal muscle and bicep I have, but I will do all the sit ups and push ups I need to do to pass.  There just isn't another option.  What, am I going to get sent home and go to college like everyone else around here at LSSU in Sault Ste. Marie, MI?  Hell no.  I will be an Airman come November 8th.  No exceptions.

My Bath & Body Works!

    Anyways, I guess I'm just relaxing, enjoying music, food, and family before I leave.  Studying and PT aren't high on my to do list right now.  I have a couple DIY projects I wanna finish before I leave, including a refinished desk I did that needs polyurethane, and a bookstand thing that needs a rainbow painted on the side. (:  Today, we did a mini-photoshoot of me and my little sisters and my baby cousin, because we're never all in the same place.  My grandpa wanted a picture of all of his granddaughters, so we made it happen.  They came out cute, my sisters are adorable.  I'm going to miss so much stuff at BMT!  Probably the most, I'll miss Bath and Body works fall scents.  Fall is my favorite season, and after much deliberation last week while talking to my friend about it, we've determined it's our favorite because the way the air smells.  It's crisp, the air is nice, you can smell the leaves and stuff.  I love it so much!

Sophie & I

   I took a little hiatus to this post, and went up to the hospital to visit my Grandpa.  He's doing well, up and about, but they're still monitoring him.  I guess his heart beat was jacked up this morning, so they kept him today to stabilize it.  It was nice to see him though, I hope he gets to come home tomorrow.

t-minus 5 days.

Trip to Traverse

    Today has been a very hectic day.  I woke up out of a dead sleep after a late night hanging out with family, and a long day driving to and home from Traverse City with my grandpa, to my grandma yelling about something, but she's nuts so I just rolled over and went back to sleep.  Then, I heard her yell for my uncle to get up because she was calling 911.  God, I have never gotten out of bed so fast.  I didn't know if something happened to my little sisters, or if my grandpa had a heart attack, or what.  Anyways, I sprung up, and it was my grandpa.  He was fine when I got out, but apparently he passed out a bit before and his pace maker zapped him back.  The EMT's got here in record time (they're volunteer in my town), and I rode the rig up to the hospital with him - unshowered, hair not brushed, morning breath and all.  We got up there (the hospital is about an hour away), and his heart doctor and a bunch of people came and were trying to get the scoop on what happened.  Once they interrogated his pace maker, they determined that the shock was justified, and without it he would have died instantly.  It took them about 3 hours to figure this all out, and then he got moved to the ICU.  He'll be in the ICU for a couple days for observation.  I didn't leave the hospital until dinner time, and I was so starving from being there all day and tired.  But at least he's going to be alright, I hate that this is happening right before I leave.  He promised he'd hang on to his health and get back in shape and lose weight until I get home from basic and tech school.  Hopefully there will be no more emergencies.

(My) Turkey Day!

    Anyways, the original plan for today was faux-Thanksgiving with my family and best friend.  They thought about not cooking it once the hoopla happened, but I would have been very upset if I got no Thanksgiving before I left!  We had a turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and deviled eggs.  Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holiday's other than Halloween because of the food!  It would have been better if my grandpa could have been there and not having an eggbeater-salad sandwich in the hospital because he is a turkey junkie, but he'll have his Thanksgiving with the rest of the family in November when I'm gone to Tech School.  My friend Jordan had plans to come too, but he had to drive someone to Detroit and fly back, and it went a little later than expected.  But I got my beautiful turkey, and that's all that matters!

Chocolate mousse, white chocolate
strawberry, and caramel chocolate
dessert shooters.

    Yesterday, I got to go on an outing with my grandpa for a doctors appointment in Traverse City, which is about 3 hours away.  We didn't do anything too exciting, but the drive was fun.  Listening to channel 10 on Sirius radio, looking at the fall colors changing already, and just relaxing.  I had Olive Garden for the first time ever, and it was amazing!  I ate myself sick on fettuccine alfredo, bread sticks, salad, and dessert shooters.  On the way home, I got a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks, because I just happened to read on Facebook that it was the opening day for the flavor, and it's my favorite!  Normally, my mom and I make a 2 hour trip in the fall and in the winter to Starbucks once the seasonal flavors are released, so I'm happy I got to get some before I leave.

    All in all, it's been an alright couple of days, minus the hospital trip this morning.  My Uncle and Aunt are up with their little baby Vivian, and we're all just hanging out.  There are so many children in this house, its silly.  3 children under 2 years old is fun sometimes, but most of the time it's just a little bit much!  I'm enjoying the mayhem and chaos while I can, because come Monday, I'm out of here!  My oldest sister, Sophie, keeps asking me if she can come to the Air Force with me.  Maybe I'll start a line of future Airmen. (:

BMT packing video.

Hey guys!  I just recorded a packing video for Air Force BMT of all the stuff I'm packing!  One week, HUA!